Center For Domestic Peace

Center For Domestic Peace, doing business as Marin Abused Women's Services, is a San Anselmo, California-based nonprofit organization that operates as a prime recipient of federal grants (66% of recent awards) and a sub-recipient on state-administered federal grants (34% of recent awards), delivering housing, transitional shelter, supportive services, and victim advocacy programs to survivors of domestic violence across Marin County and statewide.

The organization's federal grant work concentrates in three core service areas. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) projects, supporting permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and emergency shelter for homeless survivors of domestic violence; Center For Domestic Peace has held recurring annual awards under this program since 2022, with the most recent grant of $372,758 running from September 2026 through August 2027. The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) funds comprehensive victim services, including a $650,000 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants award (CFDA 16.736) from October 2023 to September 2026 providing 21 clustered housing units and wraparound services in partnership with Community Action Marin, a 36-month Grants to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Sex Trafficking Against Children and Youth grant (CFDA 16.1256) initiated October 2024 for the "In This Together" project serving children ages zero to ten exposed to domestic violence with group therapy and technology-abuse prevention curricula, and a Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life grant (CFDA 16.1257) as a cooperative agreement running October 2024 through September 2028 providing law enforcement and prosecutorial training. Center For Domestic Peace also holds an Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking grant (CFDA 16.1256) from October 2023 to September 2027 partnering with Marin County, the District Attorney's Office, and the Immigration Institute of the Bay Area.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward HUD and DOJ. The HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 22 awards (41% of the total), the DOJ Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime holds 12 awards (23%), and the DOJ Office on Violence Against Women holds 9 awards (17%), covering 81% of recent awards by count. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounts for 7 awards (13%). Combined potential value across all 53 awards (prime and sub) stands at $300 thousand, though obligated dollars total approximately $14 million, reflecting a substantial gap between stated potential values and actual invoiced or obligated federal funding. Activity has remained steady at six to ten awards per year across 2023–2025, with two awards in 2026 and one in 2027; four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and are at recompete risk.

As a sub-recipient, Center For Domestic Peace receives flow-through federal funding from the State of California's Office of Emergency Services, which administers DOJ grants including emergency shelter assistance, culturally appropriate victim services for unserved and underserved populations, transitional and short-term housing under the Housing First model, and comprehensive domestic violence support services. The organization collaborates with county justice systems, law enforcement, and community-based organizations to coordinate victim safety and offender accountability across Marin County and has expanded to address technology-facilitated abuse and elder abuse prevention alongside traditional domestic violence response.